Derrick Henry remembers former Alabama teammate with new NFL number

Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry held on to his college number as long as he could. Henry won the 2015 Heisman Trophy wearing the No. 2 on his Alabama jersey, and he kept that number through four NFL preseason games.

But with the Titans kicking off their regular season on Sept. 11, that number had to change. According to Rule 5, Section 1, Article 2 of the NFL rulebook, running backs must wear a number from 20 through 49.

With his new number, Henry chose to remember a former Alabama teammate. On Friday, Henry announced on Instagram that he would wear the No. 22 because Altee Tenpenny had told Henry that he hoped to wear that number in the NFL.